List of currrent teams and former names etc. FYI

I found this post and thought it might be helpful for future leagues:

CURRENT TEAMS:

ANGELS:
Los Angeles Angels: 1961-1964 (A.L.)
California Angels: 1965-1996 (A.L.)
Anaheim Angels: 1997-2005 (A.L.)
Los Angeles Angels: 2006-2007 (A.L.)
Anaheim Angels: 2008-2017 (A.L.)

ASTROS:
Houston Colt .45's: 1962-1964 (N.L.)
Houston Astros: 1965-2012 (N.L.)
Houston Astros: 2013-2017 (A.L.)

ATHLETICS:
Philadelphia Athletics: 1901-1954 (A.L.)
Kansas City Athletics: 1955-1967 (A.L.)
Oakland Athletics: 1968-2017 (A.L.)

BLUE JAYS:
Toronto Blue Jays: 1977-2017 (A.L.)

BRAVES:
Boston Beaneaters: 1885-1906 (N.L.)
Boston Doves: 1907-1910 (N.L.)
Boston Braves: 1911-1935 (N.L.)
Boston Bees: 1936-1940 (N.L.)
Boston Braves: 1941-1952 (N.L.)
Milwaukee Braves: 1953-1965 (N.L.)
Atlanta Braves: 1966-2017 (N.L.)

BREWERS:
Seattle Pilots: 1969 (A.L.)
Milwaukee Brewers: 1970-1997 (A.L.)
Milwaukee Brewers: 1998-2017 (N.L.)

CARDINALS:
St. Louis Browns: 1885-1891 (A.A.)
St. Louis Browns: 1892-1898 (N.L.)
St. Louis Perfectos: 1899 (N.L.)
St. Louis Cardinals: 1900-2017 (N.L.)

CUBS:
Chicago White Stockings: 1885-1889 (N.L.)
Chicago Colts: 1890-1897 (N.L.)
Chicago Orphans: 1898-1902 (N.L.)
Chicago Cubs: 1903-2017 (N.L.)

DIAMONDBACKS:
Arizona Diamondbacks: 1998-2017 (N.L.)

DODGERS:
Brooklyn Grays: 1885-1886 (A.A.)
Brooklyn Dodgers: 1887 (A.A.) (known as the Brooklyn Grays in B-R.com)
Brooklyn Bridegrooms: 1888-1889 (A.A.)
Brooklyn Bridegrooms: 1890-1898 (N.L.)
Brooklyn Superbas: 1899-1910 (N.L.)
Brooklyn Dodgers: 1911-1915 (N.L.)
Brooklyn Robins: 1916-1930 (N.L.)
Brooklyn Dodgers: 1931-1957 (N.L.)
Los Angeles Dodgers: 1958-2017 (N.L.)

GIANTS:
New York Giants: 1885-1957 (N.L.)
San Francisco Giants: 1958-2017 (N.L.)

INDIANS:
Cleveland Blues: 1901-1902 (A.L.) (in B-R.com, in 1902, they were known as the Bronchos)
Cleveland Naps: 1903-1915 (A.L.)
Cleveland Indians: 1916-2017 (A.L.)

MARINERS:
Seattle Mariners: 1977-2017 (A.L.)

MARLINS:
Florida Marlins: 1993-2011 (N.L.)
Miami Marlins: 2012-2017 (N.L.)

METS:
New York Mets: 1962-2017 (N.L.)

NATIONALS:
Montreal Expos: 1969-2004 (N.L.)
Washington Nationals: 2005-2017 (N.L.)

ORIOLES:
Milwaukee Brewers: 1901 (A.L.)
St. Louis Browns: 1902-1953 (A.L.)
Baltimore Orioles: 1954-2017 (A.L.)

PADRES:
San Diego Padres: 1969-2017 (N.L.)

PHILLIES:
Philadelphia Quakers: 1885-1889 (N.L.)
Philadelphia Phillies: 1890-1943 (N.L.)
Philadelphia Blue Jays: 1944-1945 (N.L.)
Philadelphia Phillies: 1946-2017 (N.L.)

PIRATES:
Pittsburgh Alleghenys: 1885-1886 (A.A.)
Pittsburgh Alleghenys: 1887-1890 (N.L.)
Pittsburgh Pirates: 1891-2017 (N.L.)

RANGERS:
Washington Senators: 1961-1971 (A.L.)
Texas Rangers: 1972-2017 (A.L.)

RAYS:
Tampa Bay Devil Rays: 1998-2007 (A.L.)
Tampa Bay Rays: 2008-2017 (A.L.)

REDS:
Cincinnati Red Stockings: 1885-1889 (A.A.)
Cincinnati Reds: 1890-2017 (N.L.)

RED SOX:
Boston Americans: 1901-1907 (A.L.)
Boston Red Sox: 1908-2017 (A.L.)

ROCKIES:
Colorado Rockies: 1993-2017 (N.L.)

ROYALS:
Kansas City Royals: 1969-2017 (A.L.)

TIGERS:
Detroit Tigers: 1901-2017 (A.L.)

TWINS:
Washington Senators: 1901-1960 (A.L.)
Minnesota Twins: 1961-2017 (A.L.)

WHITE SOX:
Chicago White Sox: 1901-2017 (A.L.)

YANKEES:
New York Highlanders: 1903-1912 (A.L.)
New York Yankees: 1913-2017 (A.L.)

8/25/2017 6:22 PM (edited)

One quibble about this list. The Angels were the "Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim" from 2005-2015 it would appear.

https://www.fangraphs.com/tht/the-absur ... f-anaheim/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Angels